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Table 3 Proportion of calves born by sires and dams of different ages for animal groups

From: Genetic benefits of genomic selection breeding programmes considering foreign sire contributions

Age

AC GS sires

AC DP sires

AC dams

PV SB sires

PV dams

2

0.33

0

0.21

0.25

0.21

3

0.34

0

0.20

0.25

0.18

4

0.33

0

0.20

0.25

0.16

5

0

0.20

0.15

0.15

0.13

6

0

0.20

0.12

0.10

0.11

7

0

0.30

0.07

0

0.07

8

0

0.20

0.05

0

0.05

9

0

0.10

0

0

0.04

10

0

0

0

0

0.05

  1. AC active subpopulation, PV passive subpopulation, GS genomic selection, DP daughter proven, SB stockbull